StreetPilot c330 problem (custom POI icons)

Tue, 10/09/2007 - 2:23pm

zerolimit

9 years

I created a POI file from google earth and it works perfect only thing is on my map when im driving it doesn't show the image i created for it (i got from this site) but if i go in "Custome POI" and click on show on map it shows the image. Could someone help me please! Thanks!

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zerolimit wrote:

I created a POI file from google earth and it works perfect only thing is on my map when im driving it doesn't show the image i created for it (i got from this site) but if i go in "Custome POI" and click on show on map it shows the image. Could someone help me please! Thanks!

Zoom in to at least the 500ft level, you will only be able to see the icon(s), when zoomed to 80, 120, 300 and 500ft.

Ok i zoomed in to 80 ft and

Ok i zoomed in to 80 ft and it works! now im gona test it on the way home see if it works like that and shows up. Also does this garmin support MP3? for sound? Thanks basically what I did was checkpoints near my home and wanted to see if i can get a alert or tone saying I am aproching it. Thanks once again!

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Was your unit purchased relatively recently?

Sometimes Garmin releases firmware versions along the production of the models but with no functionality changes.

Newer units may come from the factory with 5.8 even though the latest available for download is 5.7. The reason they exist is just to support changes in the manufacturing process of these navigators. But there's no difference that the user will see.

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ok well i did it and im zoomed in all the way! and it still doesn't show at all. No dots or anything! Any ideas? My garmin its up to date so no clue!

Ok, let's try to diagnose this step by step.

If you aren't seeing the gray dot, then it doesn't sound like the POIs loaded properly. However, in your initial post, you said that if you go to "Custom POI", it shows the image. So I'm a bit confused. Are you sure that you are zooming on the map in a location where there actually is a POI that you loaded?

I read through some previous threads, and MrKenFl indicates that the POIs should, indeed, show up on the map on that unit.

Can you describe exactly what steps you are doing? And then what is happening?

Yes, It shows up when I

Yes, It shows up when I click on Custom POIs and the image shows up! It works but If I am just on the (View Map) while im driving it doesn't show the dot at all or any image. this is the POI I am using....

2D, even in 3D it doesn't

I just installed the

I just installed the checkpoint csv file along with the bmp icon. You’re absolutely correct and I have no clue to why it not working properly. Example: the icon would show up when I select my Browse Map. When I go to my Custom POIs and click on the file, I would select one of these points, click on show map and the icon is there as well. But if I set a location near by and then drive past the checkpoint location, nothing appears. As if it doesn’t exits. I did notice the Red Light Enforcement Camera near one of these checkpoints and that showed up fine.

I also tried pulling out one of the Red Light Enforcement Camera thinking there might be an issue with a poi near by, but that didn’t help.

Software Versions

Motorcycle Mama wrote:

Was your unit purchased relatively recently?

Sometimes Garmin releases firmware versions along the production of the models but with no functionality changes.

Newer units may come from the factory with 5.8 even though the latest available for download is 5.7. The reason they exist is just to support changes in the manufacturing process of these navigators. But there's no difference that the user will see.